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Breaking Bad - some Questions

Just finished watching Season 1 and 2

SPOILERS FOR SEASON 1 and 2

Please NO SPOILERS for Seasons 3 onwards

look i am enjoying the show but it's not the ultra super duper wooper plooper show that everyone seems to be raving about. I was expecting Sopranos/Game of Thrones type quality and it's not there in my eyes yet. So far in season 1 and 2, i felt it only came close to any of these other top shows with the Tuco storyline, but that ended pretty quick. Otherwise i felt it has been a bit drab for the most part with some good moments

So i just have two questions (and again please NO Season 3 onwards spoilers)


Are seasons 3, 4 and 5 significantly better than seasons 1 and 2 ?

Does Skylar the wife get less annoying (just a yes/no answer), i'm getting way too many Corinne from the Shield flashbacks with this b^tch
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I had a good time with Season 1, thought Season 2 was a bit overrated and contrived. The second half of Season 3 is when the series really kicks into high gear, the first few episodes of Season 3 and Season 4 are slow but worth fighting through. There's an episode mid-way through Season 3 that sort of elevated the show to a whole new level from being "Hey this is pretty good" to "This is fucking fantastic.". Season 5 never slows down to breath.

And no, Skyler remains an obnoxious bitch throughout.

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S3 is fantastic but S4 is my favorite.
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I marathoned this show. I have no idea when seasons start or stop.
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Each season gets better than the previous one. I think it was at the end of Season 3 (or was it 4) where the show reached Elite status, at least for me.

Regarding Skyler: She's got her defenders, but yeah, most people don't like her.
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If you haven't gotten it by now you probably won't. Every season is very good to great.
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Three is where things get really strong. Judging from forum reaction, Skylurr never gets less annoying.
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Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions

Do not quit... you will appreciate everything once you watch it all. I repeat. Do. Not. Quit.

Each season just continues to build and does get better (not to say that it was each previous season is bad) with each season.

Skylar is annoying, but there comes a point when you start to sympathize with her.
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Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions

The show gets EXPONENTIALLY better every season.

And to answer your yes/no question, I will guess it's rotund NO for you. And just wait until you watch "Crawl Space".

(BTW, that episode thread is bumped at least once a month in this forum.)
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I actually hated Skylar by the end. Season 4 and 5 are the best television I've ever watched. Season 3 is also fantastic. God Damned right.
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Originally Posted by Groucho
I marathoned this show. I have no idea when seasons start or stop.
If my experience is any indication, of the 62 episodes, the first 58 occur over the span of about 3 weeks as fast as possible then the last 4 drag out painfully slow one week at a time. But that could just be because I started watching when there were roughly 7 episodes left to air.
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Another vote for seasons three and four being where it starts getting great.
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Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions

I felt the same way after watching Season 1 and 2, and got ridiculed a bit for it (thanks bootsy!) in the other "Does Breaking Bad ever get good?" thread that's here. I think it gets significantly better, Season 3 was good but I felt 4 and 5 is when it gets ridiculously awesome and great. Although Skyler gets more annoying.

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Once Giancarlo Esposito joins the show in season 3, then the show truly takes off.
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Thanks guys, i will stick with it !
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Re: Breaking Bad - some Questions

Originally Posted by DJariya
Once Giancarlo Esposito joins the show in season 3, then the show truly takes off.
This... especially when he and Walt visit Mexico.
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Please NO SPOILERS for Seasons 3 onwards
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Originally Posted by Original Desmond
Thanks guys, i will stick with it !
Don't come back to this thread. People go crazy about this show, and they will start talking about all the episodes in no time.

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The show doesn't really take off until the time traveling aspect is revealed but I don't remember which season that is.
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Originally Posted by Trelach24
The show doesn't really take off until the time traveling aspect is revealed but I don't remember which season that is.
End of season 2, so you're good.
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For the millionth time, it isn't time travel, it's a different timeline altogether, the darkest timeline.
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Personally I was hooked by the middle of the first season. The first few episodes or so start a bit slow and the show is kind of finding itself but by the season one finale I loved the series. I think it got progressively better with each season.
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For the millionth time, it isn't time travel, it's a different timeline altogether, the darkest timeline.
Without getting too much into specifics about season 6, I think the solar flare revelation pretty much negates your theory.

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